Show I SHE E WANTS HER SHARE qrs Hilton After Part t of Dr Parkss < Estate QUESTION MORMON MARR1A6E W S McCornlck Suedfor One I Third Interest in PrOp3rty Vomnn Raises Ten Children by Ono Husband and Then Claims Another An-other Legal Husband The famous ParksHilton Mormon marriage Is again brought before the public In a case on trial In the District fl court In which Mrs Annie F A Hilton I Hil-ton is suing TV S McCornick for a 1 widows interest in some property that was sold by Dr Purls without the signature sig-nature of Mrs Hilton lhe real point at issue In the case is I whether or not Mrs Hilton was John U Parks legal uife at the time of the lattcrs death Mrs Hilton whose maiden name was Annie Armltagc was married to Dr Parks in December 1S72 when the girl was supposed to be on her deathbed DRATHBED SEALING The ceremony was performed it appears ap-pears merely In accordance with a doctrine of the Mormon religion which provides that a woman must be sealed to a man In this world for all eternity Mrs Hilton or Mrs Parks recovered from her Illness I and was married In i8Th to William Hilton after securing u cHurch divorce from Dr Parky The divorce was thought to have been legal and Mr and Mrs Hilton have lived to Kuther as man and wife and raised a family of ton children Dr Parks died In the year IiOO and left his large estate i4 the University of Utah UliCAMB A LEGAL WIFE It uas about this time that the Su pifme court t handed down an opinion In what has become known as the Tufts case wherein it was held that marriage rites performed by the Mormon Mor-mon church were legal previous to the passage of the Edmund Tuelecr act t but that a divorce by the church was invalid Under this ruling Mrs Hilton was Dr Parks legal wife and she i btought proceedings l against the administrator admin-istrator of his estate to secure < i one third interest In all of his properly The case was appealed to the Supreme court and it was there held that Mrs Hilton was the deceased lawful widow and entitled to a widows Interest in the deceaseds estate Since Dr Parks dfiith Mr and Mr Hilton submitted to another marriage ceremony which made them man and wife before the law SHE TVAXTS TIER SHAKE The case now on trial 1 which was begun I I be-gun yiPtcrday forenoon Is brought bv I Mrs 1 Hilton agalnm AV S McCornick I to setine judgment for u onethird in I Urtil III value of lots G 7 and S block I 2 pint E Salt Lake City survey The I I jirojifrty was conveyed by deed by John I J II Park to Stephen 11 Marks and sub 5 quemly transferred by Mr l u Marks to I tu defendant V S McCornick The property was conveyed without the signature sig-nature of Mr Hilton to the deed It biMnfi generally taken for granted that J File was divorced from Dr Faults and the legal wife of William Hilton InS HILTON ON THE STAND Owing to lie fact no doubt that the I J public knew nothing of the case being on trial there were no curious specta I tors1 present In the courtroom The p only ones present besides Judge Hall J and he olllcers of his court were the counsel for the iitrt ics to the suit t the I plaintiffs and two of her daughters Mrs i Hilton was on the stand the entire en-tire day and submitted to a long and trying cros examlnatlon at the hands of 1ivriinrd J Stewart who reprchentt I thf defendant in the action The only oilier witness thus far subpoenaed In I the case is Mrs Hannah C Wells and slip was unable to be in attendance owing to sickness A certificate from Dr Se > mour 13 Young staling that tin u witness was unable to attend the trial on account of slrknera wa received and filed Mrs Wells Is said to be avery j I a-very Important witness from the fact r i t that she Is the only one now living oft 1 of-t several who were present at the supposed sup-posed deathbed marriage of Dr Parks t Is and the 10yearold girl Annie Armlt bj aje the plaintiff In the action SEALED OR MARRIED From Mrs Hiltons testimony the following points were brought out That O ns a gui of 19 year > abe came to this country from England in 1872 as a t Mormon emigrant In company with J I many others among whom was Dr Parks Dr Parks paid her 1 consldora i bio 1 ruicinlmi I on the way ovor und sav I liii lur safely Htartcd from New York for t his city where Mrs Hilton arrived Ilu I latter jiart of September of that tr yiar Dr Parks cnne about two weeks later In the I toropfirl of Xovoniber the I rum girl was taken with an attack of the ie rheumatism which laid her up In bed Ire for sacral weeks Jt way thought that 3 Hi iliKoapi would prove fa la I and AvlHu lying on what was thought lo be her doathlKd Dr arlis wai sum 1 nioiud to the bedside of the glut and thc > two were untied In the holy bonds IlL1 of matrimony The Tnarrlagu by ome I II IhoiiKht I tO l bii a Healltif for clcrniiy ns jnovlded In the Mormon tcncti but I U apiiean that the service was a regular regu-lar eixmony t 111 PAKICS VAS CATLAXT Mrs Hilton testified While traveling I travel-ing on tin t scaj I as emlgnints Dr Parks paid L yn at dual of attention lo nu TI II waM always H M > IHJJ mutter I mu and Paid little attention to the other girls HI used to call me away from them amid ve lalk id in a very friendly way tilling ma all about his life I do 1 not know that he looked after my baggage bag-gage or that of any of the others I sittI not look alter my baggage and uimm POs that the olllcers of the boat did that in Xew York Dr larks took me I and foino of my girl friends to dinner and saw me off at time train on my way tnltah A VERY PRETTY GIRL How many limes have you rend this rtlmony t over mince the previous trinls asked Attorney Stewart on CIOFsam Ina lion Vory little You havu read all of the testimony In sard to tin nun rrlugc ceremony AO I havent T remember the mar lilg as though it happened but yesterday yes-terday It Mr GIbby paid you a good deal of attention on the boat didnt liet ics he did T was a very pretty Rr then ald a good many men paid me attention at-tention as they do to pretty girl You know 3Irs Hilton that t Mormon Mor-mon missionaries coming over to this countrv with emigrants art very solicitous solici-tous of all those under their carcV Xo I know some of them were not Sir Stewart then crossexamined the witness and plaintiff In regard to her sloknoFs after coming here and asked You thought that you were going to die and sent for Dr Parks It was thought that I was goIng to die and Dr Parks was sent for corrected cor-rected the witness You believed at that time that you should be married to some man In eternity Z t Attorney N V Jones counsel for the defendant objected to time question on tilt ground that It was assuming a fact that had not been proven and was nas tamed by the court The question was then worded differently and the witness answered I consented to have the ceremony performed because 1 was advised to I was In a very weak condition Hasnt Mr Jones told you what the regular ceremony of the Mormon church is was Mr Slewarts next ill CS t I 00 He didnt need to I knew what it was PURELY MERCENARY PURPOSES Attorney Stewart later attempted to prove that the plaintiff was bringing the present action for purely mercenary mercen-ary purposes and asked If she was not piqued because Dr Parks tried to get a divorce from her and that to get even now and getting some of his property she was willing to admit that her ton children by William Hilton weru lllcbl llmale Mr Jones objected to the question and paid that the witness should not be required to answer Tie clasyad the question as quasicriminal and his objection ob-jection was sustained by Judge Hall The case will be resumed this moin ing Court Notes Thomas Green a machinist In the cm ploy of tin Rio Grande railway yeylcnlay Hied a petition In voluntary bankruptcy in the Federal court The petitioner acknowledges ac-knowledges debts In the amount of 5251 21 and I resource Including wages due and the clothing lie weal nmotmiing to J3220 Time case of Wilson trustee vs Mrs Shaughneasy Involving title to tho I Tie uaukcu group of mining claims was yesterday yes-terday argued in tIll Federal 1 court and submitted to Judge Marshall Lena llnttio Livingston was granted a decree of divorce from Robert W Livingston Liv-ingston on the ground of nonsupport by ludgu 1 Lewis In the District court yesterday yester-day The couple were married at Logan October II JSS7 and have two children he l custody of whom was awarded to t the plaintiff Ill defendant Is ordered lo pay alimony ill the sum of 4 ll > per month Judge Hall yesterday bunded down si dceico In tin ease of Jod will 8 Murston VP Goorgu Morrow et al In which the plalnlin Is adjudged to be the owner of apiece a-piece of property 00 feet by r2 rods In lot S block SS plat A Salt Lake City survey The plaintiff is I also awarded damages in the sum of 110 for the do sti notion of a line fcnco and coils at I OIV |